August 2021

This month, the 15th edition of North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese cinema, Japan Cuts, returns to NYC.

One day, photographer Shunsuke Shiga started receiving packages from Amazon. He then decided to transcend this uncanny incident into art using an X-ray.

Mangaka Takehito Moriizumi spins tales that cross over genres, brimming with poetic sentiments, by incorporating his own dexterous technique. In this article, we unveil the source of his imagination together with his new sci-fi piece, Asleep.

Shohei Takasaki is an artist based out of Tokyo and Portland whose career is unfolding across numerous countries. In this interview, he discusses what he wanted to convey in 2021.

KAZZROCK and SNIPE1, two driving forces behind Japan’s graffiti scene, talk about the past and present of the scene and where they are now. In part 1, they talk about what the scene was like in the early ‘90s and their experiences in the US.

The party “WAIFU” was started after an incident in Shinjuku 2-chome. Elin McCready, a member of the team, and Midori Morita look back on the activities of WAIFU.

A series of articles by science fiction researcher Teruyuki Hashimoto,”The Expanding Universe of Science Fiction”.

Gutevolk released the new song Mezameru Wakusei on July 7th— we talked with them about their history and identity, spanning Hirono Nishiyama’s debut under her own name to Gutevolk’s most recent work.

Through the roots and works of director Jim Jarmusch, who is known for his deep knowledge of music, we will look back at his relationship with Japanese films and music.

Jeff Mills talks about the background and current mindset behind his digital magazine “THE ESCAPE VELOCITY MAGAZINE” and his latest album “The Clairvoyant”.